BEAUTIFUL MODEL RUSSIAN 60ō FLATBED RAILCAR BY THE WAY NEWS FROM RUSSIATHE FORMER DEPOT AND NOWADAYS SITE OF REPAIR OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVES LAST OPERATING, WAYS OF THE STOCK ON WHICH 48 STEAM LOCOMOTIVES IS ON SALE. IN ADVANCE I AM SORRY IF the MESSAGE NOT In THAT PLACE NOT WTO TIMEE-MAIL: ESS99@BK.RU

Great result with the wagon!My idea was, to build Trumpeterīs Diesel-locomotive and a heavy weights-wagon for a diorama.Your ones look better than "big Tīs" ones.But also "big Tīs" Diesel-loco is not a good solution because itīs not the serial-model.But I will see.

Yes, youīre right... life can be hard sometimes. But this time itīs a bit different to the previous.But I hope to get a new job soon.

Hi Soeren,thank you very much for the kind words. Much appreciated my friend. I know you had the personal problems, it happens sometimes, life can be a bit hard sometimesThis blog is actually over, I might just add a few pictures of this wagon converted to German SSyl Koln

Wow, the result of the wagon looks great!After a long "pause" (no views and no comments on your page) another life-sign by me. (I had some personal problems)

I like the wooden structure and the colors! (itīs a "basic paint job", but it looks good)

Ahh, Libor.... Iīve seen that you made some model-kits and update sets.They look great!When I see the water-crane and the update-parts for the BR-86 locomotive... I can only say... WOW!Iīve read your build-logs of them and Iīm very impressed!

Thank you for your comment Alabamas, though I dont know what exactly you mean. Anyway, its been a while, and now I can get here to show more, however there is not much left to finish.Because this was kinda test build, I did just some very basic painting job on it to give it a better look

Well, Jan, no further progress here made yet Richard, to be honest, I dont know much about American railway - very similar wagons were also in use in Germany and other countries that time. The truth is that most Russian vehicles from the beginning of 20th century were produced on base of foreign ones - not only locos or wagons, but also cars, trucks, tractors - often American originals followed - licenced or not CheersLibor

Hi Johanna,thank you for the kind words. Janīs cab came along very nicely - love the worn off effect he used.Styrene pieces used for building, yes, they are included in the kit - its actually common practice that many resin kits come with styrene, brass and everything needed to build a model. No update yet, but its coming soon CheersLibor

Hi Jan, thank you very much. No doubt, BR86 wont be missed and forgoten BTW - the cab on your BR52 looks stunning, great work there. I did not want to use much rust on my loco, which was actually just couple years old that time - but I really like the way you did in your cabCheersLibor

Thank you Matt for your kind comment. It goes fine together, very important thing was to keep right angle in any corner of the frame, working on large, flat surface to get whole chassis straight.CheersLibor

Another small update, I have added more PE parts. These are actually stanchion holders, but so far I have not seen any of those platforms with stanchions mounted on. Anyway, there are here, every completed with 3 PE parts - can be soldered or glued, everything works fine.

Easy job to place them on, using a ruler to keep right distance between them - according to the instructions. Also tiny rings assembled this way.

Very quick one for tonight. I added air valves, hoses (I replaced cats ones with tiny cable isolation to keep them flexible) and connectors. Also couplers and buffers assembled - the last ones could be kinda optional, once wagons were equiped with Willison type couplers (their implementation began in 1935, until then well known common screw couplings and buffers were in use) the buffers lost their purpose - sometimes removed, sometimes kept. Ti finish this step, I put on holders for coupler manipulating rod, the rod itself made from 0,4 mm wire, and the rest of the parts.